Drowned in the Yarra. an Extraordinary Occurrence
George Seymour, aged 10, was drowned in the Yarrn, at Punt-road Bridge, Melbourne, on Salurduy morning. Seymour and his lather went to the river…
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Tragedy of Heroism. Drowned While Trying Rescue
A youth named Howard Smeal, aged seventeen, lost his life at Kilcreggan. Dumbartonshire, yesterday, in attempting to rescue a girl named Madge…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Fatality. Aeroplane Expert Killed. Paris, Sept. 27
M. Charles Voisin, the well-known aeroplane constructor, was killed in a motor car collision at Belleville-sur-Saone. The Baroness de la Roche, a prominent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shots Fired. Two Navvies Badly Injured
At the Wagga police court, Edmond Smith and his son, Richard Smith, [?] on the new line of railway between and Tumberumba were charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Collision at Sea. Steamer Badly Damaged. London. Sept. 21
The Star of New Zealand collided with the railway steamer Slieveblooin near Holyhead. The Slieveboom was badly damaged, her two holds and the stokehold of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Wateespout. Town Devastated and People Drowned. Rome, Sept. 24
A waterspout burst over Castellama[?] Sicily, and devastated the town. Within a few miuutes twenty houses [?] collapsed, and a number of women and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tornado Wrecks Town. Fifty Lives Lost. 200 People Injured. Path of Destruction
Regina, the capital of Saskatchewan, was devastated on Sunday by a tornado. which tore through the heart of the town, causing, a loss of at least 50…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Bolt in the Pass. Accident at Bulli
Mr. Mitchell, his wife, and two children had a most sensational experience whilst driving down the Bulli Pass-road on Sunday afternoon, and a narrow escape from being…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Accident to the Gamma. London. Sept. 20
While the dirigible Gamma was returning from the manoeuvres this morning her engines failed near Devises, in Wiltshire, and she fell to the earth…
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The Treasurer laid on the table of the Assembly recently a return of railway and tramway accidents for the year ended June 30. It showed that 113 passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sad Fatality. Norway (Maine), Sept. 28
A train dashed into an automobile at a level crossing, and as a consequence three students were killed and two injured. The car was completely wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aviation Accidents. Fatalities in America. Washington, Sept 29
Two army airmen, Corporal Scott and Lieutenant Rockwell, fell from a height of 35ft, through, the wings of their aeroplane buckling. The machine was completely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Fatality
A very serious motor car accident occurred on Saturday afternoon, near Birkdale railway station, about 17 miles from Brisbane, whereby a young man,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tramway Accident. Man's Foot Severed. (By Telegraph). Sydney, Monday-
A man named Thomas Kelly, a tramway conductor, was changing the destination board near the Central Railway 1Station to-day when his foot slipped…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to Steamer- Clan Mackay Damaged. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
The steamer Clan Mackay bad a hole Knocked in her side this morning at Darling Harbour. Owing to the northwest gale which was blowing, she struck…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Motor Accident. to a Racecourse Party
A party motoring from Sydney to the Hawkesbury races at Richmond on [?] afternoon met with a senstion accident near M'Grath's Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Killed by Propelior Aviation Accident (By Cable.) London
During an exhibition of flying in Vienna, one aviator was compelled [?] denly to descend. In order to avoid the crowd, he alighted in a field where the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Muswellbrook Letter. the Railway Fatality
Evidence given at the twice adjourned inquest [?] the death of the man who was killed by the Narrabri mail train near Scone one day last week, showed that the deceased person was identical with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatal Railway Accident. An Old Man Killed
As mentioned in the "Chronicle" of Wednesday last an old man was run over by the Narrabri mail train on Monday last, between Scone and Toga…
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A youth named George Reatty, an employee at Rarrett's machinery works, had the misfortune to get his right hand caught in a planing…
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